An autonomous medical waste collection assembly (20) for collecting medical waste within a medical facility, the assembly (20) comprising: a base (22); a plurality of wheels coupled to the base (22) with at least one of the wheels (24) being a powered wheel (40) configured to be powered by a motor (42) to move the assembly (20) along a floor surface; a waste collection unit (26) supported by the base (22) comprising: a waste canister (44) for holding the medical waste; and a suction pump (46) in fluid communication with the waste canister (44) and configured to draw a suction on the waste canister (44); and a controller (28) configured to: receive a current location input signal and a disposal location input signal from a locator network (94) within the medical facility; and navigate the assembly to a disposal station (50) based on the current location input signal and the disposal location input signal.
AUTONOMOUS WASTE COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL WASTE
AUTONOME ABFALLSAMMELANORDNUNG UND SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUM SAMMELN VON MEDIZINISCHEM ABFALL
ENSEMBLE AUTONOME DE COLLECTE DE DÉCHETS ET SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉS DE COLLECTE DE DÉCHETS MÉDICAUX
2025-05-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen |
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